Has anyone here built this little double ender sailboat? I sure like the way it looks and I have access to a bunch of wood. Im considering ordering the plans...
Teach is a lovely boat and a Woodenboat article compared it to a Hereshoff 16. Teach'e concave garboard pretty much requires carvel construction and carvel...
Jeff Stobbe, whose Bamaling was our cover girl for a while, built a Teach, but he stretched her to 17' and installed a 220 lb. Universal Fisherman inboard...
I've forwarded your query to Mrs. Atkin, but the correspondence that might contain an answer isn't stored in an easily searchable manner, so I wouldn't hold...
Here are the boats I've just added to the online catalog: Wideawake - 13' 4" Modified Dory Dolly Varden - 22' V-Bottom Seabright Skiff Cruising Knockabout ...
John, My favorite two designs by Atkin are Gary Thomas and Tern but they are too small. Are there existing designs that are larger versions of either of these?...
Anyone know the overall displacement for America Junior and Silver Heels? It seems Silver Heels is a round bottom version of Amercia Junior that has the same...
I believe that Silver Heels was originaly designed as a schooner. I can't recall exactly where I read this but it was written by William Atkin, perhaps in the...
It looks like the closest match in the current catalog to Sjovind & Auwana would be Fram or Gundred. You didn't give us much to go on, but a look in the...
The original design for the schooner version of Silver Heels is named "Live Yankee" and has the same rig as "America Junior". There is a write-up in the...
Does the article mention what the displacment is ? The synopsis on the atkinboatplans web site says 1500 outside lead ballast and another 600 lbs. of inside...
The displacemant is not mentioned in the article about "Live Yankee" or in the plans published for "America Junior" or "Silver Heels". I haven't yet found the...
There doesn't seem to be displacement figures given for many of the Atkin's designs. I looked through several of the Ideal Series books with no results. I've...
I remember when Maid of Endor appeared in Rudder magazine; I was quite young at the time, but I still have the study plans I sent away for. She is one of the...
Thanks for looking into it. I want to be able to move it from one reservoir to another a couple of times during the season. The reservoirs here are pretty...
The 7000 lbs. is strictly a guess on my part, I could easily be off by 1000 lbs. either way. Cold molding would certainly save some weight. If you are serious...
When dealing with the schooner rig, you need to think about where to save weight. Depending on how you configure the rig, you need some displacement to carry...
Indeed my hope was that the 600 lbs of inside ballast could be accomplished with water ballast. I should probably get the plans so that I can take a closer...
... It's unfortunate that the Atkins didn't supply displacement information with most of their published plans. But there are ways to guestimate the ...
William- I think the study plans for Maid of Endor have gone missing. Do you think we could get a copy of yours? I think I could talk Mrs. Atkin into trading a...
The plans for John Atkin's last boat, the rowing skiff George, plan #878, are now listed in the online catalog: http://www.boat-links.com/images/George.jpg ...
Hi John, Great job on the displacement story problem, by the way. I know these study plans are on the third floor of my house. I think they are probably in a...
Is there an example of an Atkin powerboat of the Rescue Minor style but designed for displacement speeds? I am interested in a slightly smaller version of...
I've been away a little while... mostly covered in sawdust or varnish for the past couple of months. Anyhow, I finished up the 'project of the moment' and...
I don't know if either Atkin designed a tunnel-stern Seabright skiff for lower speeds. Mrs. Atkin lurks here, and she may know if there is one, and if there...
... This may sound crazy, but I plan a single-cylinder Diesel of 6.6 to perhaps 8 hp cruising at about 3/4 max power. The background is that we have done 3...
Ron, Doesn?t sound crazy at all. With the price of petroleum products setting records, going slow may be the way of the future. Dave Gerr, NA in NY, has...
